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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Burke does AB and BC as a sequence too, and I think McKinley also. It’s a less common approach but it’s not unique to Basis by any means. [/quote]
The thing people are missing is that the schools which go from pre-calc straight into Calc BC will teach a lot of the "Calc A" material in their pre-calc class.  For example, in FCPS, Honors Algebra II includes trig.  Honors Pre-calc includes the 'Calc A' stuff.  Then, kids skip straight to Calc BC.  At schools like Basis and the other ones using an AB and then BC sequence, Algebra II does not include the trig.  Pre-calc has the trig, but not the 'Calc A' content.  So, kids need to take Calc AB next.  Then, Calc BC has not just the 'Calc C', but also some extensions.

It's more a matter of nomenclature than it is actual pacing or content.  The normal public school smart-kid path of Honors Algebra in 7th, Honors Geometry in 8th, Honors Algebra II in 9th, Honors PreCalc in 10th, and AP Calc BC in 11th basically covers the same content at the same pacing as the Basis path, assuming Calc AB in 10th and BC in 11th.  They just name the classes differently.  [/quote]

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